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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 304
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SECTION 7. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Sections 1 and 2 of this
Act shall take effect January 1, 2003, contingent on the taking effect of Chapter 291
(S.B. 1) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002, and if Chapter 291 does not
become effective, this Act shall be null and void without the necessity of further action
by the General Assembly.
Approved May 6, 2002.
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CHAPTER 304
(Senate Bill 184)
AN ACT concerning
Election Law - Voter Registration - Felons
FOR the purpose of removing the restriction that prohibits certain felons who have
more than one conviction from being deemed qualified to register to vote
altering the qualifications for voter registration to allow an individual who has
been convicted of a certain crime to qualify to be a registered voter if the
individual, in connection with a first conviction, has completed the
court-ordered sentence imposed for the conviction; altering the qualifications
for voter registration for certain felons who have completed a certain sentence
imposed upon them to allow an individual who has been convicted of a certain
crime to qualify to be a registered voter if the individual, in connection with a
subsequent conviction, has completed the court-ordered sentence imposed for
the conviction and at least a certain number of years has elapsed since the
completion of the court-ordered sentence; prohibiting certain individuals who
are convicted more than once of certain crimes of violence from being qualified
to be registered voters; providing for the termination of certain provisions of this
Act a delayed effective date; and generally relating to the rights of certain felons
to register to vote in the State.
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article 33—Election Code
Section 3-102
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1997 Replacement Volume and 2001 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Election Law
Section 3-102
Annotated Code of Maryland
(As enacted by Chapter 291 (S.B. 1) of the Acts of the General Assembly of 2002)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
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